A KEEPER FOR EVERY FLAME (Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------------------ [Actually in A; capo 2.] [Each chord is half of a measure.] [Standard tuning.]
[intro]
[intro]
She says it's been so long, she can't remember when
The mention of his name didn't make her feel again
That everything is possible and every day a brand new start
Yeah, love's something powerful when it finds a willing heart
Sometimes it's a fire burning out of control
Sometimes it's a candle burning long and low
All these years she never let it go
There's a keeper for every flame
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[instrumental]
There is someone in his past that he hasn't gotten over yet Each day's like the last, he just misses what he can't forget
It's just an empty space where something used to be Now he guards the gate, but he's lost the key So no one enters, but no one leaves There's a keeper for every flame
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[instrumental]
Thought my heart had broken, but it was just a little bruised I thought love had spoken, I guess I was just confused
Sometimes we were a fire burning out of control Sometimes we were nothing but a candle glow But it never died, baby, how I know There's a keeper for every flame
